Pros
The staff are great and a good laugh. Early finish for office staff on Fridays. The product is great.
Cons
Removed my last review so I could go into more detail. Being a small company of less than 50 employees I started with the company with a very positive attitude. The job was sold to me as somewhere I could grow and progress up as the company expanded. The company is growing. There are various OEM orders for production parts and further prototypes are coming in. Many long serving (as long serving as you can be in a company with as high staff turnover as ST has) staff expected there might be a bit of a thank you for the hard work. Considering cost of living pay rises have been off the table for years, this wasn't an unreasonable assumption, unless you are the CEO/CFO. This was a bit of a kick in the teeth given the pay rises the CEO has had over the years, not to mention the shares and share options he's recieved. The promise of progressing up has also turned out to be fictional too. What they actually mean is when an opening comes up that a hard working staff member deserves, they probably won't even interview them for it and hire externally someone who doesn't really seem suited. Finally, there's a huge frustration among staff surrounding the reluctance of the company to do things 'properly'. Why solve an issue robustly with some investment, when you can put a cheap temporary fix in place and spend more on the long run? If a promise of progressing or pay rises is made, it's likely meaningless unless in writing. Beware of any claims made in an interview. I'd advise caution before accepting a job here. Since Jan 2019 9 people have left and there are 2 more leaving soon after handing in their notice. Ultimately, it doesn't matter how good the product is if you can't keep staff in the company to deliver it.
